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FIVE MINUTE STORIES

CONTENTS.

FIVE MINUTE STORIES. (2)

BETTY.

TWO CALLS.

A NEW YEAR SONG.

NEW YEAR.

A LESSON SONG.

THE RUBBER BABY.

THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

TOTTY'S CHRISTMAS.

A CERTAIN BOY.

THE NEW SISTER.

BUTTERCUP GOLD.

ONE AFTERNOON.

THE STOVE.

JOHN'S SISTER.

NEW YEAR SONG.

WHAT WAS HER NAME?

A LESSON SONG. (2)

THE PATIENT CAT.

MATHEMATICS.

BY THE FADING LIGHT.

TOBOGGANING SONG.

SONG OF THE TILT.

THE LAZY ROBIN.

THE BOY'S MANNERS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

IN THE TUNNEL.

PRACTISING SONG.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DANCE.

A STORMING PARTY.

AT THE LITTLE BOY'S HOME.

THEN AND NOW.

PLEASANT WALK.

A GREAT DAY.

A PASTORAL.

RICHES.

POVERTY.

THE BEST OF ALL.

A STUDY HOUR.

THE YOUNG LADIES.

THE WEATHERCOCK.

Icthyology by Laura E. Richards

A HAPPY MORNING.

LILIES AND CAT-TAILS.

THE METALS.

THE HOWLERY GROWLERY ROOM.

THE SPECKLED HEN.

THE MONEY SHOP.

A LONG AFTERNOON.

THE JACKET.

THE FIREWORKS.

JINGLE.

SEE-SAW.

NANCY'S NIGHTMARE

AMY'S VALENTINE.

ONCE UPON A TIME.

THE PATHETIC BALLAD OF CLARINTHIA JANE LOUISA.

A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.

GOOSEY LUCY.

GOOSEY LUCY'S NEW YEAR'S CALLS.

THREE LITTLE BIRDS.

THE QUACKY DUCK.

NEW YEAR THOUGHTS.

NONSENSE.

THE SINGULAR CHICKEN.

THE CLEVER PARSON.

THE PURPLE FISH.

MR. SOMEBODY.

A CHRISTMAS RIDE.

A FUNNY FELLOW.

WOFFSKY-POFFSKY.

APRIL AND THE CHILDREN.

THE SNOWBALL.

A GREAT FIGHT.

HALLELUJAH!

LULLABY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. (2)

THE LITTLE DOG WITH THE GREEN TAIL. AN UNTRUE STORY.

NAUGHTY.

HARD TIMES.

ON THE STEEPLE.

NAUGHTY BILLY.

A LAD.

SAINT VALENTINE'S HOUSE.

THE GENTLEMAN.

A LEAP YEAR BOY.

KING PIPPIN.

THE STORY OF THE CRIMSON CRAB.

MOTHER'S RIDDLE.

KING JOHN.

THE SPOTTY COW.

THE BUTTON PIE.

THE INQUISITIVE DUCKS.

QUEEN MATILDA.

THE TWO-SHOES CHAIR.

ETHELRED THE UNREADY.

POOR BONNY. A TRUE STORY.

THE HUSKING OF THE CORN.

THE CLEVER CHEESE-MAKER.

THE SPELLING LESSON.

THE PERSON WHO DID NOT LIKE CATS.

Books by Laura E. Richards
STEPPING WESTWARD
This charming autobiography by the daughter of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe is replete with amusing anecdotes and portraits, especially of famous literary figures of Boston. It epitomizes a long and useful life. Illustrated.
$3.00
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
The absorbing story of “The Angel of the Crimea” told by the daughter of the person most responsible for encouraging Miss Nightingale to become a nurse.
$1.75
JOAN OF ARC
The stirring life and pathetic death of Domremy’s girlish heroine, who once saved France and today inspires it.
$2.00
ELIZABETH FRY
The true story of Elizabeth Fry, the famous Quakeress, who through extraordinary zeal revolutionized the English prison system and was known as the “Angel of the Prisons.”
1.75
ABIGAIL ADAMS AND HER TIMES
A biography of the interesting and active wife of John Adams, based upon her own diaries and letters and contemporary records, and told in Mrs. Richard’s delightful style.
$2.00
LAURA BRIDGMAN
The famous American woman who though stricken blind and deaf led such a wonderfully rich and helpful life is the subject of this biography.
$2.00
SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE
Mrs. Richards is especially qualified to write the biography of her distinguished father. Woven into the biography is the account of the many friendships Dr. Howe formed through his amazing personality and his work. As a picture of a great man and his times, her book is warm, glowing and human. Illustrated.
$2.50
QUICKSILVER SUE
A charmingly told story for girls of impetuous, lovable Sue and steady Mary.
$1.50
MERRY-GO-ROUND
A delightful collection of rhymes, jingles, nonsense poems, and light and amusing narrative bits by the supreme American exponent in this field of verse for children. Illustrated,
$1.50
HARRY IN ENGLAND: Being the Partly-True Adventures of H. R. in the Year 1857.
A charming tale of a little American boy’s adventures during a visit to England. Delightfully illustrated by Reginald Birch.
$1.50
New York                     D. Appleton-Century Company                     London

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Books by Laura E. Richards.

“Mrs. Richards has made for herself a little niche apart in the literary world, from her delicate treatment of New England village life.”—Boston Post.

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SOME SAY,” and a companion story, “NEIGHBOURS IN CYRUS.” 16mo, 50 cents.
JIM OF HELLAS; or, IN DURANCE VILE, and a companion story, BETHESDA POOL. 16mo, 50 cents.
MARIE. 16mo, 50 cents.

“Seldom has Mrs. Richards drawn a more irresistible picture, or framed one with more artistic literary adjustment.”—Boston Herald.

“A perfect literary gem.”—Boston Transcript.

NARCISSA, and a companion story, IN VERONA. 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

“Each is a simple, touching, sweet little story of rustic New England life, full of vivid pictures of interesting character, and refreshing for its unaffected genuineness and human feeling.”—Congregationalist.

“They are the most charming stories ever written of American country life.”—New York World.

MELODY. The story of a Child. 16mo, 50 cents.

“Had there never been a ‘Captain January,’ ‘Melody’ would easily take first place.”—Boston Times.

“The quaintly pretty, touching, old-fashioned story is told with perfect grace; the few persons who belong to it are touched in with distinctness and with sympathy.”—Milwaukee Sentinel.

SAME. Illustrated Holiday Edition. With thirty half-tone pictures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill. 4to, cloth, $1.25.
CAPTAIN JANUARY. 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

A charming idyl of New England coast life, whose success has been very remarkable. One reads it, is thoroughly charmed by it, tells others, and so its fame has been heralded by its readers, until to-day it is selling by the thousands, constantly enlarging the circle of its delighted admirers.

SAME. Illustrated Holiday Edition. With thirty half-tone pictures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill. 4to, cloth, $1.25.
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE. 4to, cloth, gilt top, $1.25.

The title most happily introduces the reader to the charming home-life of Dr. Howe and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe during the childhood of the author.

GLIMPSES OF THE FRENCH COURT. Sketches from French History. Illustrated with a series of portraits in etching and photogravure. Square 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

With true literary touch, she gives us the story of some of the salient figures of this remarkable period.

ISLA HERON. A charming prose idyl of quaint New England life. Small quarto, cloth, 75 cents.
NAUTILUS. A very interesting story, with illustrations; uniquely bound, small quarto, cloth, 75 cents.
FIVE MINUTE STORIES. A charming collection of short stories and clever poems for children.
Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, Boston.

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